Quotations
Religion
A priest once quoted to me the Roman saying that a religion is dead when the priests laugh at each other across the altar. I always laugh at the altar, be it Christian, Hindu, or Buddhist, because real religion is the transformation of anxiety into laughter.
- Alan Wilson Watts

I’ll wear two swords, a sword of shakti (power) and a sword of bhakti (meditation).

- A Spiritual Leader
Other than our 'mind', what is it that we have, which we can call our own? Everything else is gifted by nature and made usable by science. At the same time, if you talk of joy of mind, it lies in "art". But then it is difficult to understand that in this process, where do we feel the need for these 'so-called religions'?
- Deep Trivedi

Those who are ignorant of the supreme purpose of life will never be able to attain nirvana (liberation) in spite of their observance of the vratas (vows) and niyamas (rules) of religious conduct and practice of shila (celibacy) and tapas (penance).

- Scriptures
The Hindu world has always accepted 'religion' in its totality; as their 'God' who is free from all attachments has not denied anything, right from wine to dance and violence for the destruction of evil to the worldly life… Then on what grounds, these proprietors of Hindu religion term the 'life fancier' people (the ones indulging in pleasures of life) as sinners and themselves religious?
- Deep Trivedi
One of the truly bad effects of religion is that it teaches us that it is a virtue to be satisfied with not understanding.
- Richard Dawkins

All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, which has so unfortunately divided man.

- J. Krishnamurti
The one who on demand of time, situation and circumstances can carry out an act whenever, whatever, however is necessary for the benefit of all...is religious; the rest all are irreligious.
- Deep Trivedi
The world holds two classes of men - intelligent men without religion, and religious men without intelligence.
- Abu'l Ala Al Ma'arri
Those who are fundamentalists and refuse to listen to anything said against them, we call them terrorists. Don't you find similar traits in majority of our religious heads? If this wasn't true then why were Socrates, Mansoor and Jesus killed?
- Deep Trivedi
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